New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-25
NTDTC II NOTES.

Curious Tripf Mo or Eye DiSrtSE-N Reich
has described cusou, opderac "f csc 1' '-' 500"
hudnr.-Whlrh .,Hr.d sf"uf- holy "i h""'f- 'ni'f''
IN cl.ilng q way through masses ~ snow which oh
I'm ,.l ill., r.I irtve. ia -auagr AMI 81. g.. the
Caucasus Else rags - the reject fom thc Va;
str~t,h.s of every -d', producing an Intense
glare 81 h' which tho unaccu.onct r}r could not sup
,o wIihou, The prot. ~ drA cia~~ few ~ thc
stu4Io.t 4u1nt thc 4'orc- able 10 Work wlh n,.
punity. Pat he Ina.oity anl especially the weakly ani
au1enc suffered their et'-, 100 ,pi" ~ th" various
devices % alleviate IA, light. Among seventy strongly
uar.od - fhrJ were 40 -'o4" '''' DO" n'n w".c at
solu ely unable 10 cont 'hc onui their way
home. They were collected 200 covered place, wheie
Re ch found them arrival prom" their faces,
striving hd. their nom hc lrht. and crying
iom pam. Pho ophobia present all the and
hypcrlema Of the conunciyc, with more or less injection
o. the cary vessels and chcmosis, found all
severe ca.es.
QUALITIES tCrrRi2ING CrNTEN NEIANS.
An invest e'on has been maize hy Professor Ilumphry,
an English ph slran 81 note, ~ The trails and surroundings
peculiar to ccnt.nariius. lie find, that the average
qualities wcr', GOOD family history, we made frame
~ stature, SPAR rather than stout robust, with
good health Appetite and Digestion capable ~ c.'rtoa,
good p.rs Of placid impairment and ol ntrl clcc,
with ltuc need Tor and little consumption ~ alcohol
animal food. although always did and always
WILL drink to hl, capabiiIty. ~ nny ccnicnarl-
investigated. three were anucnt, nineteen poor and
twcnty-c glt ia conioral, crcuu~ Twenty four
ccntcnarin had teeth, and ue number
retained only 1--WE; twenty used glasses
though thirty Including number who used glasses.
were reported been IN the enjoyment ~ good sight
hearing gool In twenty two lndi1rn n In seventeen,
bad In nnc and deaf Many ~ the ccntcnarans
were members la g. amlic- twelve children,
iouf fhs number had been married. and
the parcnts Of " ccntenai ian first cousins.
NO SCIENTIFIC ACCOUNTING FOR FEVER In
very interesting sketch Of pathology Brit,
Medical Journal" by Dr. GoodrIgc, the admission is
frankly made that the Of The characteristic phe
that widely prevalent disease has yet been
demonstrated word, that the pONnatc OF fever
stll uudc ermincd What Is positively known IL
the Characteristic elevation Of temperature the
boiy In mainly Increased production Of heat
and, besides tn increased production Of heat there
order Of nutrition, abnormal disintcgraon of body
and particularly Of the muscular tissue, evincci
hand by increased excreion OF and potash salts
Of carbnic acid and perhaps also by water, and.
other hand. by loss OF body weight. in.
creased production OF heat occurring a tIno when n
principal OF normal heat production. VIZ, the
in~escl, all but completely on have origin
In the abnormal dsintcgraon Of tissue converse. too
may hold good 10 greater less extent there being thus
action and reaction.
UNIVERSAL CONSANGUINTTY.-Co Considerable In
has been created by article published
the popular Reviews In which the writer seriously Al.
tempts prove that every In England is a llnoa
descendant OF William the Conqueror, King Alfred and
all other who left offspring In the country date
not time OF the first mentioned monarch
that every has mother and father
grandmothers and two gandfahers, and
teal progression; by the time that twenty have
been reached, the number OF ancestry any given
date Of Millions far greater number than
there OF English people at tho time In existence
therefore, they every ancestors, and
sequny all equals, and have equal rights by title
OF klnshlp To this pleasant bit OF theorxng, reply
easily made that faacy lies in the that
thor has taken into the number Of ntermar
riages which are continually taking place among blood